To move to land now under the groups control and help them take over the world. Team u. S. A. Loses, dashing world cup hopes of u. S. Soccer fans. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The first storm of the Hurricane Season is here, just in time to ruin the fourth of july plans for a large section of the east coast. Right now, Tropical Storm arthur is churning off the coast of east he were florida, but the National Hurricane center says it is expected to strengthen. It could reach hurricane strength as it moves north. We are in miami with the latest on the storm, good morning, natasha. Good morning, stephanie. People are worried about how this might impact their vacation plans. Many people are headed to spots for fourth of july holiday. That means as americans get ready to celebrate the holiday weekend, Tropical Storm arthur could be the uninvited guest, putting a damper on many fourth of july festivities. The storm is picking up steam and making its way up t
Keep it from being too strong, but keep it from being weakened on the floor, and because they conducted debate in whats known as the committee of the whole, votes were not recorded by and large, and the only way to know how someone voted was to be there physically and watch, and except for reporters, no one could take notes on paper in the house gallery so the forces led by Clarence Mitchell and others devised a system of gallery watchers, the segregationists called them vultures, but they had to sit there and keep notes in their head who was voting how, what amendment, and in the precell phone era, had to round up family members to make sure enough were on the floor at any one time to defeat hostile legislative mischief, so a bunch of young activists led by a Woman Working for the textiles who is still alive fighting all the fights, would sit in a telephone tree and they heard something was happening on the floor, they would physically go run office to office, going come on, and after
Awarding the congressional gold medal to dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his wife core letta scott king. This is a little less than an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, members of the United States house of representatives, members of the United States senate and the speaker of the United States house of representatives. Ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives the honorable john boehner. Good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. [ applause ] as you can see the dome is under construction. Getting some repairs and theres a technical term for that canopy but the architect said we could refor it refer to it as the doughnut. On july 2nd, 1964 congress completed the most fundamental and consequential ladies and gentlemen legislation of our long history. The Civil Rights Act recognizes every citizen has the right to pursue happiness without discrimination on grounds of race, color, or national origin. This was
Of our republican forbids it. The principles of our freedom forbid it. Morality forbids it. The law i will sign tonight forbids it. That law is the product of months of the most careful debate and discussion. It was proposed more than one year ago by our late and beloved president , john f. Kennedy. It received the bipartisan support of more than 2 3 of the members and the house and senate. An overwhelming majority of republicans as well as democrats voted for it. It has received the thoughtful support of 10s of thousands of civic and religious leaders in all parts of this nation and it is supported by the great majority of the american people. The purpose of this law is simple. It does not restrict the freedom of any american so long as he restricts the rights of others. It does not give special treatment to any citizen. It does say the only limit to a mans hope for happiness and for the future of his children shall be his own ability. It does say that there are those who are equal be
Judge to pursue civil rights communication. Becoming the first of many legislative victories over the next 50 year that is have been critical tools for protecting civil rights. Throughout the past 50 years, our university has been grounded by the legacy rendered by the out comes of the dedicated commitment of countless locals, as well as National Civil rights activists. Signed in law on july 2nd, 1964, the Civil Rights Act outlawed segregation. Todays keynote speaker, attorney genric holder has made protecting civil rights a tough priority of his administration at the department of justice. In his commencement address, he offered the following insight about the future path of civil rights in our country. It is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All of our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and more profound stage of our civil rights. I believe that presentations and discussions in todays symposium highlight the critical importanc